BBsue Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Hello, I am looking for a procedure that discusses giving Rh positive red cells to Rh negative patients when there are critical shortages. CAP TRM 40710 any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Saikin Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 My Medical Director still has to approve this switch. albaugh, Ensis01 and BldBnker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIMPER55 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Basic guideline from our trauma center-- O Pos to all males and females over 50 Critical shortage--use O Pos. The Medical Director can sign after the emergent event AMcCord and Bet'naSBB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensis01 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 My Medical director wanted/authorized Rh pos to all during massive transfusion protocols. That made a huge difference in conserving Rh neg and especially Oneg. Bet'naSBB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGNUM Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 We give Rh positive to males and females >45 for traumas and MTP's. The medical director still wants to be made aware of the switches though. Ensis01 and David Saikin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applejw Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Our pathologists have authorized O POS for adult males and females 56 or older without requiring permission - we have this written into our MTP and Emergency Release policies. Younger females or pediatric patients would require a phone call. Since we average 25 MTP monthly, this is a tremendous help in conserving O NEG. AMcCord, Ensis01, jshepherd and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Saikin Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 We have the same for MTP and Emergent Release (we use 50 as the cutoff age). For routine transfusions we still require Path approval. AMcCord, Ensis01, Kelly Guenthner and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jshepherd Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 We are similar to others, male traumas and women over 50 get O pos immediately, children and women under 50 get O neg until we have a type, but still no more than 10 units of O neg if they are on MTP. A critical shortage could be handled the same way. Place a limit on how many O neg units each patient should get, based on your available inventory, and write this in to your policies, both internal BB and the hospital versions. David Saikin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ensis01 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 We rarely had 10 O beg in inventory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bet'naSBB Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 This is a line straight out of our MTP / Emergency Release protocols......."Rh-negative adult males or females may be switched to Rh positive after six (6) Rh negative packed cells have been Issued. The Medical Director should be notified if the patient has anti-D and/or is a female of child- bearing age (females < 51 yrs old)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ★ Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Bet'naSBB said: This is a line straight out of our MTP / Emergency Release protocols......."Rh-negative adult males or females may be switched to Rh positive after six (6) Rh negative packed cells have been Issued. The Medical Director should be notified if the patient has anti-D and/or is a female of child- bearing age (females < 51 yrs old)" I am uncomfortable with the use of the term "child-bearing age" because, if the bit in the brackets isn't properly interpreted, a four-year-old D Negative female (for example) might be given D Positive blood because she is NOT of child-bearing age, but is, of course, of child-bearing potential. David Saikin and yan xia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bet'naSBB Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 @Malcolm Needsas stated in my original comment............ that's just one statement from a very lengthy, detailed protocol which clearly delineates the differences......especially since we are a level 1 adult / pediatric trauma center. If we HAD TO we probably would give Rh pos to anyone......they have to live first. We can deal with the anti-D later if we have to. See attached article below - sent to our BB mgmt staff by our Medical Director. His favorite line in the whole article is, “After all, a woman cannot have a pregnancy affected by HDFN tomorrow if she dies from bleeding today”. He is currently in discussions with the "powers that be" to make a decision regarding females of childbearing potential receiving Rh positive blood in trauma.... Risk of Rh pos RBC to female of childbearing potential.pdf Malcolm Needs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ★ Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Bet'naSBB said: See attached article below - sent to our BB mgmt staff by our Medical Director. His favorite line in the whole article is, “After all, a woman cannot have a pregnancy affected by HDFN tomorrow if she dies from bleeding today”. He is currently in discussions with the "powers that be" to make a decision regarding females of childbearing potential receiving Rh positive blood in trauma.... Risk of Rh pos RBC to female of childbearing potential.pdf 190.48 kB · 1 download Thanks for that. I was actually aware of this paper (I have know one of the authors, Heidi Doughty for many years - and she has my greatest respect), but you will also note that the title rather makes my point. Bet'naSBB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarest Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 On 7/19/2022 at 9:07 AM, Malcolm Needs said: I am uncomfortable with the use of the term "child-bearing age" because, if the bit in the brackets isn't properly interpreted, a four-year-old D Negative female (for example) might be given D Positive blood because she is NOT of child-bearing age, but is, of course, of child-bearing potential. Yes, I agree with you Malcolm. We use child-bearing potential in our policy. John C. Staley, David Saikin and Malcolm Needs 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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